Adapted by Joan Aiken and Roy Russell from Aiken's Dickensian fantasy of the same name, Midnight Is a Place was produced as a 13-part series for British television in 1977. Simon Gipps-Kent stars as Lucas Bell, a lonely orphan who lives with his unlovable guardian Sir Randolph Murgatroyd (William Squire) in the crumbling Grimsby mansion at Midnight Court. On the eve of his 13th birthday, the willful and enigmatic orphan Anne-Marie (Maxine Gordon) arrives from France, and soon after, Sir Randolph and Grimsby go up in a blaze. Left to fend for themselves, the orphans try to uncover the secrets of Sir Randolph's nightmarish Midnight Mill carpet factory, and discover their true inheritance. All 13 episodes are presented on two DVDs in this set.